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GCE A Level in Business

at Maidstone Grammar School, Maidstone · school or sixth form

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull timeFree

What the college says

From September 2015, students have been following the new 2-year linear AQA course for A Level Business. Business is front-page news. The way companies operate is under greater scrutiny than ever before, while TV programmes like The Apprentice and Dragons Den have raised the profile of Business to a new generation. The new specifications bring the subject up-to-date, enabling students to engage with, explore and understand business behaviour and develop a critical understanding of what business is and does. Year 12 (first year): An introduction to key business areas: marketing, operations, finance and human resource management. This includes a special focus on decision making - particularly how decisions made in one area can affect the rest of the business. Content Topic 1: What is business? Topic 2: Managers, leadership and decision-making Topic 3: Decision-making to improve marketing performance Topic 4: Decision-making to improve operational performance Topic 5: Decision-making to improve financial performance Topic 6: Decision-making to improve human resource performance. Year 13 (second year): An investigation of the strategic decisions that all businesses have to make. Content Topic 7: Analysing the strategic position of a business Topic 8: Choosing the strategic direction Topic 9: Strategic methods: how to pursue strategies Topic 10: Managing strategic change. A Level Assessment: A Level assessment consists of three two hour written exams taken at the end of the two- y

What you need to get on

There is no requirement to have taken Business Studies at GCSE. If you have studied GCSE Business Studies then at least a Grade 5 is required. Also, at least Grade 5 in GCSE Maths and English.

How you are assessed

Academic subjects, mostly exams, three or four at once. The traditional route to university.

What this level means

The A-level-equivalent step, and what universities and employers ask for.

Is it open to 16 to 18 year olds?

Approved for 16 to 18 study on the government's Section 96 list.

Where it runs

  • Maidstone Grammar School

    BARTON ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME15 7BT

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